(born: Kiev, 1 Oct 1904; died: New York, 5 Nov 1989).
American pianist of Ukrainian birth. He appeared in Russia from 1922 and made his London and New York d??buts in 1928. In 1940 he settled in the USA, becoming a citizen in 1944. He continued to perform until the early 1970s, with several breaks through ill-health, and played again in the USSR in 1986. He was admired for his legendary technique, with immaculate control of articulation and dynamics, uncanny speed and force, individual tone and a curious combination of urbanity and power; he was at his best in Schumann, Liszt and the late Romantics.
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